Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

Inside a meeting often no-one will object. The best policy may be to avoid incentives altogether and focus instead on creating systems in which intrinsic motivation, cooperation, ethical behavior, trust, creativity, and joy in work can flourish. Nearly everyone knows slogans and exhortations are pointless.

Deming 28

Deming System Incentives Short-term 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

But corporate development and M&A groups within companies need to apply the same rigor and imagination whether they’re evaluating the shiny objects outside of their companies or the seemingly dusty objects they already own. This is in keeping with the Japanese proverb, “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”

Brand 9

Brand Hammer Advertising Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Solution: Take an objective view of the benefits of working with people who are, in some respects, smarter than you. Some types of success stem from creativity, but other types come from becoming an expert in a niche and performing a set of behaviors repeatedly.

Succession 15

Succession Class Learning-by-Doing Teamwork 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The team itself includes the personnel, all of their assigned roles within the team, personal objectives, their methodologies and software (like the new Altium designer 18 package), and the framework they use. Conformity is usually the death of the type of creativity that’s badly needed in great design execution.

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Team Hammer Software Project 64

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

While this belief is true at times, it leads us to underuse our creativity and our determination to work with what we have. Think about how hard work, the creative use of existing resources, and collaboration with others will enable you to meet project deadlines, sales targets, or any other objectives. Try something new.

Creativity 8

Creativity Budgeting IPO Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2014

I have found that designing a message around the following helps: “I am teaching [this narrow subject] to [this specific audience] in order that they [clear learning objective/call to action].”. But before you can be repetitive, you have to decide on the one message you want to hammer home – which means prioritizing. What did it mean?

Conference 8

Conference Hammer Participative Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

Researchers filmed these simulations and had objective judges evaluate them. When leaders are civil, it increases performance and creativity, allows for early mistake detection and the initiative to take actions , and reduces emotional exhaustion. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Kevin Kniffin.

Cooper 8

Cooper Hammer Training Film 8